Biography
Flora Malpas is an artist-educator and a graduate of City and Guilds of London Art School (2018), Heatherley School of Fine Art (2017) and Goldsmiths College (2013). Her practice spans printmaking, drawing and painting and is focused on an investigation of a sense of presence and absence within the landscape.
Malpas was recently shortlisted for the Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize 2019, organised by the Ingram Collection, and has previously been awarded the Slaughterhaus Printmaking Prize, the City and Guilds of London Art School Prize for Outstanding Work in Print and the Lee and Thompson LLP Prize for Portraiture. In 2019 she completed an AA2A residency within the printmaking department at the University of Hertfordshire and was selected for a solo exhibition by Brent Arts at Stables in Exile, London.
Selected group exhibitions include: the Institute of Mental Health , Nottingham; City Gallery, Peterborough; Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London and the Old Print Works, Birmingham.
Malpas is a key holder at Slaughterhaus Print Studio and divides her practice between the print room and her studio in Hertfordshire.
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Education
2018: MA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School, (Commendation)
2017: Diploma in Portraiture, The Heatherley School of Fine Art
2013: BA History of Art, University of Cambridge/Goldsmiths University (First class)
Solo Exhibitions
2019: Still Tales, hosted by Brent Arts at Stables in Exile, St Catherine's Church, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
November: Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize 2019. Hosted by the Ingram Collection, the Cello Factory, London
March: We Grow Into the Forest. Curated by Art Catcher, Mile End Pavilion, London
2018
November: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Royal Arsenal, London
October: Slaughterhaus Plus One, Vincent Mews, London
September: MA Show, City and Guilds of London Art School, London
July - August: Home, The Old Print Works, Birmingham
March- September: Figurative Painting, 2 Brydges, London
2017
March: The Carnal and the Concrete. Curated by the Bedroom Artist Collective, 212 Gallery, London
2016
November: Stars on Canvas. Hosted by the Willow Foundation, Quadrant Arcade Regent Street, London
September: Bedroom Artists. Curated by the Bedroom Artists Collective, Hive Dalston, London
May: Journey, City Arts Nottingham/Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham
March- May: Open Exhibition, City Gallery, Peterborough
2015
March- April: Unity in Variety, Gabriel Fine Art, London
2014
July: Kaleidoscope, Virginia Gallery, Glasgow
June: Something About Love, 504 Gallery, London
May: A Thousand Pieces of Me, 504 Gallery, London
March: Celebrating Gay Marriage, Canterbury
Residencies
2018-2019: AA2A Artist in Residence at the University of Hertfordshire (Printmaking)
Awards
2019: Young Contemporay Talent Purchase Prize, the Ingram Collection (shortlisted)
2018: Slaughterhaus Printmaking Prize
2018: City and Guilds of London Art School Prize for Outstanding Work in Print
2017: Lee and Thompson LLP Prize for Portraiture
2012: Oil Painting Award, Fine Art Collective
Teaching
2016-2018: Private Art Tutor, Mini Artists & Greater London Tutors
2014- 2017: Organised and ran drop-in workshops for members of the community at 504 Gallery, 212 Brick Lane and the Hive